It Just Takes Time

The most striking detail is Beverley. This horse has raced there three times and won all three. A perfect record. For context, most horses manage a win rate of perhaps 1 in 6 or 7 at any given track even when they clearly enjoy it — going three from three at any course is the kind of thing that makes trainers build their whole season around a particular fixture. Beverley is a tight, undulating track that rewards horses who know their job, and It Just Takes Time clearly knows it very well. The most recent of those three wins came in September 2025, about eight months ago.

The horse also has a strong preference for distance. Over seven furlongs to a mile, it has won 7 of 21 races — that's 1 in 3, a remarkable ratio. And when the ground is wet and muddy, it goes up another gear entirely: 2 wins from just 5 races on that kind of surface, which is 40%, or 2 in every 5. Most horses tolerate bad ground. This one seems to relish it.

The partnership with jockey Jack Garritty is worth noting too. In 32 races together, they have won 7 times — roughly 1 in every 4.5 attempts, well above the horse's overall average — suggesting genuine chemistry between horse and rider. Meanwhile, Mark Walford's yard is in fine form this season, having sent out 35 winners, so the operation behind this horse is clearly functioning at a high level.

Recent form reads 6-8-19-7-3-1, meaning the horse has just come off a win and finished second in its previous outing. It raced just yesterday, so it is very much in the thick of things. This is a horse that operates mainly at Class 4 level and probably won't be troubling the top races in Britain — but on a wet day at Beverley over a mile, it is as close to a certainty as this sport ever offers.